Hi RosieI had a great time outside today. Mom took me out in my travel cage while she was planting some new flowers in the front yard. I supervised, and she asked me about each one before she stuck it in the ground. It was a lot of fun except when some dirt went flying and landed in my carrier. Mom laughed, so I wasn't scared. She apologized and told me how brave I was for not freaking out. Kiddo

VOTE DUTY #98891 BOTMHi Rosie, Happy Fourth of July to you and your family. I hope you have a safe and sane holiday with no accidental blowing up of birds, people or other pets. I don't like the noise much, but Mom says she likes the colored lights in the sky. So as long as Mom is happy, I guess I can put up with it one day a year! Kiddo P.S. Tell your dad that gangs are for losers, and he will ruin his life if he doesn't get free. and tell Link I said hello.

continued....And Harpo leaves the mound laughing all the way. He knows what’s going to happen. Rosie steps up and has a good stance…..”STRIKE 1!” Everyone looks at Budgie because he’s got such a great Ump voice. Harpo goes up and has Rosie choke up on her bat. She hits the ball and makes first base easily. Rosebud eyes her wondering if she’s a base stealer. She’s not. Ernie gets a base hit and Elise runs up and gives him a hug. Punkin reminds her that he’s on the other team. Then Punkin checks out Noah’s stance. “Oh he knows how to play. Ike’s been playing with him.” Punkin throws a curve ball. “STRIKE 1” “hehehe” “STRIKE 2!” “Punkin eyes Harpo and throws a great change up. “STRIKE 3!” Harpo eyes Punkin and calls Perky up to bat. Perky loads the bases. Here comes Silas. “Hmmmm. Wonder how much he plays. Probably way to much.” She pitches a curve to the outside. “STRIKE!” She manages to barely get him out. Romeo steps up and hits a base hit. One home. Rene’ Pierre surprises everyone by hitting a double. 3 runs. Punkin’s a bit worried because Harpo is now up. She calls Budgie over and tells him to remind Harpo that this game is for the ones who aren’t experienced and to remember what ball he gave her. Budgie goes and gives the message. He nods. So Punkin pitches. Harpo strikes out and Punkins team is up again. Shammy is the first up and shocks everyone by hitting a homerun! Aya taps the ball and it goes flying. She looks at Punkin and Harpo as she stops at 1st. She knows something is up. Juliet and Phoebe strike out. Pookie is up again and takes his stance. Punkin helps him by standing close by. After 2 strikes she goes and talks to him again. He gets ready and SMACK! No one expected this. He hits it out of the park! Pookie, the youngest, makes his bases and celebrates when he gets to home plate. Harpo’s team wins 6-4 but everyone is a winner. This was a great game. So many new ones and they all got to play. They all go to the Thirsty Parrots Bar & Grill. Punkin and Harpo buy. While they’re listening to the two teams replay the game they look at each other and Harpo asks, “Think we should tell them it was a super ball?” Punkin looks into her beer and a smile spreads over her beak, “And ruin it for Pookie and Elise? Not on your life.” Harpo nods and an evil grin starts to spread, “Who should we target?” Punkin turns to face him and the same evil grin appears, “Let’s think about that one.”

Punkin , Aya and Handsome are tossing the ball around just waiting for something to do when Pookie flies in to show Punkin how he’s been working his glove. “Oh! Can I practice with you?” asks Pookie. “We’d love it if you would.” Says Handsome. So they begin throwing from base to base. “We don’t have enough to really get going. Think we could get some lovies to play?” asks Aya. “Let me fly by a few and see if they want to play.” Says Punkin and off she goes. After about an hour she comes back and tells everyone, “Hey I got a whole bunch of birds who want to play. Linnies, Lovies, Bourkes, more finches and conures. We’re gonna have lots of fun!!!” It isn’t long before everyone shows up and the fun begins. Harpo goes up to Punkin and hands her a ball. “Here, use this one today. It’ll be funny” Punkin checks it out and a wicked grin forms on her beak. “Oh yeah, this’ll be good. Who should go first?” “let’s see who’s here. Ahhh, How about Pookie?” “Nope, he’s way to young for the first. Let’s let him get used to things” “That good a friend, eh? Okay…. How about Elise?” “Sure that’ll work. She hasn’t played much ball.” So off the friends go to set up the teams. Elise steps up to the plate and Punkin was right this girl has never played ball before. She hopes that this works. Punkin calls over to Harpo, “Just an easy toss okay.” Harpo nods and pitches….Elise watches the ball go past with wide eyes. Punkin walks over and has a few words with her and steps back. Harpo pitches again. This time Elise gets a piece of it and it flies to the outfield! She stands there staring because she didn’t hit it very hard at all. Punkin and the rest Yell at her to RUN!!! So she does and barely makes it to first. Rosie catches the ball and tosses it up a couple of times just to tease Elise then throws it to Ernie, who was so excited that his mate got to base, nearly drops the ball but then throws it to Harpo. Pookie gets up to bat and is so excited he nearly drops the bat. Punkin calms him down as does Handsome. Harpo pitches and “STRIKE 1!” Pookie looks embarrassed but is told it’s okay and not to panic. “STRIKE 2!” “Oh no! what do I do?” “Try to hit the ball, it’s okay” “STRIKE 3!” Pookie hangs his head, but Punkin tells him he’ll do better next time. He did real good for his first time out. Rosebud is next up and she too strikes out. Punkin glares at Harpo because he knows these guys don’t usually play. None the less, even Rodeo strikes out. Punkin goes out and takes the ball. “You wait, buddy. You just wait.”

Hi RosiePunkin here. I'm writing another story on baseball and wonder if you'd like to fly by and play and be part of the story. I'll write you in but if you decide you don't want to let mom know. WOW! We haven't visited with you since Levalla was here. She's a therapy bird at an Alzheimers home. They say seeing and hearing birds calms them so Dandy went there too. Gotta fly and see who else I can get playing. v4u

Vote Manu #96626 BOTMHi Rosie, I would like to ask you a favor. My adopted son, Spirit, has opened a photo shop. It is on page #173682. Whether or not you would be interested in his photographic services, it would be really nice if you stopped by his shop to check it out. He did a very nice memorial pic of Divo for Falco that he has up on display there. And while you are being kind to this old Senegal, a trip by Manu's page to vote for BOTM would be really nice as well. Thanks, Kiddo

Vote Baby Sky #153857 BOTD; Huey #60780 BOTMHi Rosie, Sophie's skin mom had health issues, and she could not keep up with their pages. I tried to tell her she could just leave them dormant, but she didn't think that was fair. I would like to ask you to take a second to pop over to Baby Sky's page and vote for him for BOTD. He is such a cute little guy, it would be great to see him on the home page. And don't forget Huey is coming home from the hospital today and will be expecting to see your vote for BOTM. Kiddo

Vote Royal #155445 for BOTD and Huey #60780 BOTMHi Rosie, Actually Sophie and her frother and fisters have left the BC. They are gone and their skin mom deleted their pages. I miss them, but will always remember them. SweetPepper and I have adopted Spirit and his flock as our fidlings instead. My adopted son, Royal the rooster, is running for BOTD today, and he doesn't have nearly enough votes so far. Please drop by his page and vote for him. He is the cutest little rooster you ever saw, and I know he would make a great BOTD.....first rooster award ever! Kiddo

More Chances To Win! Bird of the week is now becoming Bird of the Day! Beginning Monday, February 1, 2010, we will switch from Bird of the Week to Bird of the Day. The winner will get 1,000 Bird eClub points and his or her bird’s photo will be in the spotlight all day.

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Hi RosieYes, the milonga party was a lot of fun. If you noticed, the portrait gallery is all full of pics from the past parties, so we are starting a new page, and the February milonga will be there. It will all be in the invitation. Get ready!! The theme is disco!! Just a reminder that the month is more than half over, but there are still a lot of days left to vote for our dear friend Floop. He will make such a fine BOTM. I think he will bring a lot fun to the castle. So be sure to hop on over to page #91788 and drop a vote for him every day this month. Kiddo

Hi Cousin RosieIn my house I am a flock of one, unless you count the cat. I have her totally intimdated, so I guess I am the leader of the flock. My flock with SweetPepper is a different deal. We are total partners, and it is 50/50 all the way. No leader, just best friends plus husbird and wifebird. That is the best way. Kiddo

Come on all you birdies!! The milonga this month is gonna be a special treat. It is time to boogie on down to the music of the 40s, 50s and 60s. We are gonna jitterbug and jive, then we will swing and sway. There will be dance exhibitions of "Dirty Dancing" by the oh-so-talented Quincy and Lolita. And Kiddo and SweetPepper will show us all how the jitterbug was done back in the day. Lizzie will be preparing an amazing array of comfort food from hot dogs to apple pie with a very special dessert: an enormous hatchday cake for our very own BOTM, King Jivu!! So be there or be square. And don't forget to wear your dancing shoes....you're gonna need 'em!!

Huh??Link has been a vampire? You see, it is just that kind of thing that makes me feel Link is not an appropriate companion for Sophie and the kids. Of course, right now she doesn't have computer access anyway, but when she comes back I think she will just be friends with you, not Link. Kiddo

Vote Zak BOTW and Floop BOTMHi Rosie, Hey!! It is that time again. I am here, hat in hand (OK, so I don't have a hat) to beg you to vote for my good buddies. Zak (the red Speedo male model) #150100 is running for BOTW. I would really appreciate it if you make sure you fly by his page and drop him a vote. And while you are there it is a very simple thing to flip over to his flock mate, Floop, and vote #91788 for BOTM. He is a handsome and worthy macaw. And if you check the BOTM Calendar Page you will see it has been over a year since we have had a macaw in the castle. So it is certainly about time!!! Kiddo

Vote Zak BOTW and Floop BOTMHi Rosie, I am glad you did not yield to temptation and spy on Link. And you see? It turned out to be totally innocent. Aren't you glad you didn't break in to her room? Kiddo

Hi RosieI have no idea what Link is up to, but you should not break in to her room. That is trespassing. I would suggest you ask Popeye. Hopefully Link is on a mission for the BCSS. If not, I do not want to know!! Kiddo

Hi Rosie, here's a vote for you.Popeye here. Link's in Russia? With her band? I hope there's no trouble like in london. Yes I do remember the altercation that Link got into. Me and my Secr....er uh..group had to rescue her and rush her to the hospital. And we had to use the er, my helicoptor to pluck Link and the band off the roof of the hotel in London. I wonder what's next. Hope you are having a good week. Hugs, Popeye

Hi RosieAre you going to Sweetheart's party tonight? I think it should really be a blast. What a clever idea to have a bird's New Year's celebration that doesn't clash with the human one. Of course, my parronts did absolutely nothing for the big night, but then they are boring. Would you believe Mom put me to bed at the usual time? What a raw deal!! Kiddo

Vote Sweetheart #150799 BOTW; Jivu 28020 BOTMHi Rosie & flock, Hey!!! This is a very important Sunday to a very important week!!! Sweetheart is running for BOTW again starting today, and this time she absolutely HAS to win! She only lost last time because Jivu got so many BOTM votes. So we need to make sure we make her cry tears of joy when we show her how much we love her! And this is the last week to vote for Jivu for BOTM, and don't worry he can't get BOTW again so soon. So one vote for each is perfectly safe. Please vote for my dear friends, they both need your support. Kiddo

Roseie & flockI got lots of great new toys for Christmas, but I think the present I liked best was the one Mom let me open myself. I had hours of fun with that one. The present inside was pretty good too. Now we get to gear up for the New Year. I wish everybirdy and their parronts a safe, prosperous and happy New Year!! Kiddo

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